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Zeus botnet pushes swine flu spam
Installs a keylogger.
Dec 4 2009 10:13AM
Cybercriminals leverage swine flu threat
Sophos details Tamiflu fraud.
Nov 17 2009 11:43AM
Surfers head to Google to search for Bing
While Swine Flu and ATO dominate Australian search terms.
Jul 28 2009 2:02PM
Curtin Uni pushes VPN to mitigate Swine Flu risk
Curtin University CIO Peter Nikoletatos has asked faculty staff to download a VPN client on their home computers as part of a contingency plan against a Swine Flu pandemic.
Jun 12 2009 6:16AM
Google targets swine flu with Australian search data
Google is monitoring its Australian users' flu-related search queries in an effort to provide daily information on the spread of influenza.
Jun 9 2009 9:34AM
Swine Flu spam continues to spread with cybercriminals using celebrity names
Spammers have moved to using celebrity names alongside swine flu terms to spread malicious links.
May 12 2009 10:46AM
Malicious swine flu PDF file spreads password stealer
Symantec has reported that an email with a PDF attachment that promises to answer all questions about the swine flu virus contains a password stealer.
May 6 2009 10:23AM
Swine flu spam leveling off, but attacks continue
As reports of swine flu infections grow across the world, spammers and malware purveyors continue to try to cash in.
May 4 2009 11:28AM
Swine flu forces remote work tool review
Aussie firms should ensure that remote working and collaboration tools are ready to scale to meet higher rates of absenteeism in the event of an outbreak of Swine flu.
Apr 29 2009 6:00AM
Swine flu causes spam fever
Just days after news surfaced of a swine flu outbreak in Mexico, spammers are exploiting the news to advertise online pharmacies.
Apr 28 2009 10:52AM
Indonesia attacks bird flu with USB-based report system
The Australian government will partially fund the deployment of web and USB stick-based versions of a veterinary reporting system to track and report bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia.
Jan 23 2009 4:07PM
41,000 PCs seek bird flu cure
An international grid of more than 41,000 computers is offering new hope in the search for treatments for the deadly avian influenza virus.
Oct 9 2007 1:55PM
Internet horse flu vaccines are illegal
The NSW Department of Primary Industries is warning horse owners to resist the urge to buy illegal equine influenza vaccine from the internet.
Aug 28 2007 12:54PM
Boffins fly Google for bird flu map
US scientists create avian flu 'super map'.
May 2 2007 2:42PM
Vaccinate your business against bird flu
Over the past few months, birdflu has progressively crept closer to the U.K. What’s this got to do with security you might ask?
Mar 28 2006 9:45AM
Bird flu spam spreads WMF trojan downloader
Security experts have warned of a new malicious email that uses social engineering playing on the growing fear of an avian flu epidemic to trick users into visiting a malicious website.
Feb 7 2006 10:35AM
Evil spammers put lives at risk with bogus bird flu vaccines
Security experts have slammed unprincipled spammers for putting the lives of innocent people at risk by peddling bogus drugs online that claim to combat bird flu.
Oct 28 2005 11:40AM
